Mr T
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I think that is where I saw it originally, that or Airfix Magazine.
Edit, Apparently it was in Scale Aircraft Modelling in 1980, so I must have somewhere.
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Another day, another Group Build. This is a project that has been floating around in my mind since the early 1980s. Due to a variety of reasons, not least, missing out on the Falcon conversion kit. The kit has been in the stash, with the odd glance at it from time to time. When I first returned to SMW in 2017, I picked up the Neptune conversion. This GB is a perfect excuse to get on with the model after some 44 years mulling it over. Having a decal sheet with the right markings also helps.
The RAF came to use the Neptune as a result of a shortage of MR type aircraft postwar. The Lease-Lend Liberators and Fortresses would have to be returned or bought, which due to the lack of dollar reserves was not going to happen. Lancasters, of which there were plenty were converted as a stop gap, but clearly something better was required As early as 1945, Avro were looking at a Maritime Lincoln, this morphed into the Shackleton, but took more time to enter service than anticipated. In the wake of the outbreak of the Korean War and the growth of the Soviet Submarine fleet, 52 P2V-5 Neptunes were supplied to the RAF. They first entered service in April 1952 and remained as MR aircraft until June 1956 when replaced by Shackletons. The aircraft were returned to the US, and saw further service with a variety of air arms, including Brazil and Argentina. Argentina's aircraft survived until 1982 when they were removed from service as they were literally worn out.
the base kit for this project is a fairly old kit that dates from 1972. It is fairly basic and represents the later P2V-7 variant. However, my kit is flash free and well moulded. Surface detail is very fine raised lines and some of the finest rivet detail I have ever seen, and I am going to leave well alone. the Blackbird resin set looks complete to build the earlier MR1 and is all resin. The sole bit of PE I intend using is an Eduard set to furnish the very sparse kit cockpit.
Looking forward to doing this kit, it also has the advantage of being one colour
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My build of the Master has made more progress this week. The tail surfaces and engine have been fitted and a coat of primer has been applied to see what more work was needed on the airframe. I was pleasantly surprised by the small amount of cleaning up was required. My original plan to use a vacform replacement canopy has fallen by the wayside owing to my ineptitude. I will use the kit supplied canopy, which has polished up pretty well. Decals for the codes and serials have been printed off. I could have made them up from Modeldecal sheets, but the font isn't quite right to match the photo I have. A picture next time when the varnish has fully dried, and the sheet is safe to handle.
My plan is to add the canopy and the air intake tonight. The long Martinet type exhausts pipes also need fabricating, I have a cunning plan which I think will work
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On 12/30/2023 at 10:51 AM, Pete F said:
It was an excellent short film. Perfect for Christmas.
I don't know how easy this is but is it possible to determine what version of Mosquito it was?
The Mosquito they used for the cockpit shots and as a model for CGI was the MkII that is now at East Kirby (was at Elvington).
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I have a vague memory of the silver dope at one time being called AMDPA and the tropical version being AMPDA(T), can't remember the difference and I am not near my references. Is the Vimy box subject go the vagaries of 1970s cheap colour printing?
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The Wallace was an all metal structure, including the panels from the cockpit forward. Some of pieces that formed the stringers to shape the rear fuselage top may have been wood. The airframe was linen covered which had a top coat of dope with aluminium powder in it. This was to reflect UV rays that could degrade the fabric. The undercoat for this was a reddish brown dope.
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Looks interesting, why did the green painted Danish fighters look so scruffy? I think I saw one, a Draken, that looked neat. The Hasegawa kit, despite its age, is still a very nice kit. I built a Canadian one for a GB a couple of years back.
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A couple of things I have noticed about my buying habits, is that virtually all my kit buying is replacement stuff for things that have been in the stash, eg my Novo FD2 which cost me about 30p in 1978 has been replaced by the much more expensive, but far superior Dora Wings kit, and which is far more likely to be built for a number of reasons. Likewise I have bough conversion or improvement kits for stuff that has been sat around, with a view to convert etc. An example will shortly appear in the Baby Boomers GB.
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The shot glasses are available from Amazon, quite cheap as well. I use medicine pots l, they are more like a hard polythene than plastic, and have a scale on the side, as they were used for liquids. I bought two lots of hundred from Ed Models a long while ago and still on the first pack. Because I use acrylics, they get washed out for re use.
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As Mrs T has her good deeds day on a Thursday, and has the car, I took myself over to Halifax, which isn't bad and cheap for me as an older person. A worthwhile trip as I bought some paints etc, and picked up my pre-ordered Special Hobby Meteor TT20 and joined the Dora Wings Fairey FD2 owners club. Even gghe weather was decent.
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Pricing does seem to be an issue with Hobbycraft. I have noticed, for example, that Miliput is sometimes about a pound or so more than other places. It does rather put me off, especially as they seem to kill off any smaller craft shops in an area, it certainly seems to have happened around us.
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Looking at Phantom Big Stus kit, it doesn't seem to have much in the way of shrinkage. I think my two were bought at the same time in WH Smith in Sheffield when they were selling a load of Frog stuff cheap just when Frogs owners got out the kit game. It may be that they were less fussy about how stuff came out by that time. I don't remember the reviews commenting on shrinkage etc. Just unlikely I guess.
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The Meteor is looking good. I have built two over the years, one in about 1980, and one about 10 years later. Both were original Frog moulds and were terrible, sink marks galore and the fit of some parts were not good. The undercarriage wasn't stunning either but I see that is a problem you have neatly solved. The Vallejo Air Aluminum is good stuff, as is the Silver.
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I enjoyed the show. It was well organised and for a 'new' show I thought there was a good turnout of trade and exhibitors. Ran into some people I had not seen for a while, but missed Steve (Fatfingers of this parish) Not tempted by by any of the kits, but bought some paints and an EBMA tool rack thingy in a vain to try and tidy my workspace. It was also nice to get the bs instead of messing about with parking. Looking forward to next year?
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A great start to your build. I well remember the Frog kit, I built one in about 1968, it was a nice kit from what little I recall of it (a long time ago now !) When Frog did stuff well, it was nice, but sometimes they tended towards the heavy-handed side of things.
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As we did not go away for my birthday, owing to car issues (fortunately the trip rebooked to the end of the month, hopefully with better weather), I managed to spend a bit more time modelling. With the result that the Master has progressed with fuselage together and wing on. I am also near a choice of finish. It is likely to be one of two post-war airframes in overall yellow. Makes a change from the wartime scheme, and I have a Pavla Master I that will use a camouflaged scheme. I did not realise that the Master II lingered in service until the late forties. I suppose with the Martinet surviving until the early fifties, it made some sort of sense to keep the Master II rather than III.
Probably not going to get much done today as we are going out to eat tonight as a family.
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Looking forward to this show as it will complete my birthday weekend events (everything has been staggered as offspring come back etc). Just looking up bus times as the Armouries is near our bus route into Leeds. As I have an old gits pass, I can save on parking.
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Thanks everyone, we have the car back, the bill makes interesting reading with the new parts! I had a really nice lunch with friends at a Bundobust in Leeds (Indian street food and a huge selection of beers). Looking forward to Leeds model show tomorrow.
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It's my birthday today, not opening my presents until daughter comes up after school finishes for half term (she is a teacher living in Windsor), but I will be spending £420 at the garage. The Happy Birthday thread has the details. Just glad I took it in.
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My three score and ten today, although still 25 in my head. How am I celebrating the day? Well originally we were going up to Northumberland for a couple of days, with a stop to see HMS Triconmalee. However, our car was making a squeaking noise at low speed, and the and brake wouldn't hold very well, so on Tuesday took into the garage. We have used them for years and so believed them when they said it was unsafe and needed work. It us ready today and so this morning two bus rides to pick it up. The upside is that one of our friends asked about how old I was going to be and after Mrs T told her the saga, we are now having lunch out with them and some other friends. All very first World problems.
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I have run into a minor problem. My original plan was to attach the cockpit floor to one fuselage half. This didn't work out as intended, largely due to my own incompetence. My new plan is to attach the cockpit floor to the wing centre section. Main aim is to ensure that the seats etc are central
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A quick update to show a photo of the interior bits and pieces before paint goes on and assembly. Also, the engine and prop
The prop is one that goes with a Mercury with an old Heller Hurricane IIc spinner front part. It sort of matches the pics I have. After pondering, the seats have been painted as if they were the plastic ones fitted later in the war, rather than the aluminium versions found on the Master I. Hopefully the next photos well show an assembled and painted cockpit.
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Very interesting, anyone notice the P47 in the background? (and the Anson)
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I cannot comment in any depth on the Italeri kit, as haven't looked axt mine for a while. It certainly has to be a step up from the Airfix kit, not least because the Airfix kit is underscale. Xtradecal do a sheet
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/X72341
There was also this sheet https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RAF721.
Whirlwinds appear on various decal sheets from companies like ModelArt. A search of Scalemates will produce some subjects, although availability will be an issue.
Frog /Novo Miles Master built as a Master II
in FROG Squad II GB
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Thanks guys, didn't get the canopy on as I had a rethink. A bit more work on the vacform canopy and it will fit, at least no worse than the kit one. It will add more time to the build, but I will think it will look better. Hopefully some colour on before the end of the week.